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Soil on the body of the dam has fallen down with a length of around 15 meters and the dam’s width has now been reduced by half.
After this landslide, the water level at the reservoir has been lowered but is still high and only 1.5 meter from the top level.
With the landslide and such high water level, the risk of the dam crumpling is very high.
To ensure safety for the dam and downstream areas, the committee has asked the district to continue lowering the water level and adopt preventive measures. Besides, water storage at Ea Ding reservoir will not be allowed until safety is ensured.
According to the committee, the water levels of rivers in the province have decreased but some areas are still being flooded.
Storm No. 8 caused great damages to six districts of Daklak Province, especially Ea H’Leo and Ea Sup districts.
Seven people were reported dead, two missing, one injured, 2,360 houses flooded, 16 irrigation works damaged and 24 bridges washed away with total estimated damages worth VND193 billion.
Meanwhile, flash flood hitting Ea H’Leo District last Wednesday is the most serious one in the district in the past 23 years, said chairman of the district Vo Van Tap.
Speaking to the Daily on Monday, Tap said that heavy damages caused by the flood resulted from deforestation in watershed forests. Besides, natural forests have been replaced by rubber plantations which cannot prevent floods, he added.
According to Tap, the heaviest flood on record some 23 years ago was not as devastating as the one hitting the district last week.
Nguyen Anh Dung, deputy director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, also admitted that forests have been cut down much now and thus heavier damages for downstream areas are inevitable.
Daklak Province previously planned nearly 70 locations for hydropower projects. However, it has recently canceled many as such projects cause huge loss of forests, Dung said.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
